n. any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington

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Incidentally, the “columbo thing” Officer Whit refers to can also work remarkably well when done by prosecutors to the high-priced ‘Wall Street lawyer’ types who typically end up representing “rich people”.

If you had been listening to Today at just after 7:30 you would have heard Naughtie do a piece, which included interviews with jubiliant Sri Lankans in columbo and then a long interview with Palitha Kohona, secretary at the Sri Lankan ministry of foreign affairs.

As regards the vegetable tonics so called, the best among them is the columbo (Radix columbo) and this readily yields its bitter principle to water, as does quassia, gentian, senna, rhubarb and most other valuable substances.

This may be corrected by taking at night a tea-spoonful of the confection of senna, a pleasant preparation of this ordinarily disagreeable medicine, and by drinking three times a day, before each meal, a wine-glassful of a tea made with columbo.